ADVISORY, Jan. 11, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
| WHAT: | Following this morning's announcement of a CDMA iPhone, the CDMA |
| Development Group (CDG) is making its executives available for | |
| comment and to provide factual information about CDMA2000(R). The | |
| CDG can address questions about the CDMA2000 technology | |
| roadmap, interoperability with other wireless technologies including | |
| LTE and the potential addressable market for the CDMA iPhone. | |
| The iOS becomes yet another operating system utilizing the mobile | |
| broadband capabilities of 3G CDMA mobile broadband networks, | |
| joining other notables including Android, Blackberry, Brew OS, Java | |
| ME, Palm OS and Windows Mobile. The CDMA iPhone joins 2,455 | |
| handsets, tablets, modems, routers and other devices that have been | |
| commercially launched on CDMA2000 networks since 1995, including | |
| 33 Android and 16 Blackberry devices. | |
| CDMA2000 is a widely-deployed 3G technology, with 315 operators in | |
| 120 countries and territories serving more than 550 million CDMA | |
| users worldwide. CDMA2000 1xEV-DO is a widely-deployed 3G CDMA | |
| (IMT-2000) solution offering mobile broadband to over 147 million | |
| people across a wide range of devices. | |
| WHO: | The CDMA Development Group is a global trade association formed to |
| foster the advancement of CDMA and other complementary wireless | |
| solutions. Its members, including many of the world's leading service | |
| providers and equipment manufacturers, collaborate on standards | |
| evolution, education, advocacy, regulatory affairs, roaming and device | |
| availability. | |
| FOR MORE | For more information, please contact Brad Shewmake at +1-858-735- |
| INFORMATION: | 8748 or media@cdg.org. |
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